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Netflix's breakout hit 'Sex Education' is coming back. The streamer has renewed the U.K. dramedy for a second season of eight episodes.

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00:00Otis helped me deflate my enlarged erect penis.

00:04His advice then cost me my relationship.

00:06So him and his clinic can do one.

00:08Get ready for another round of sex education.

00:13No, not from me, you sickos from Netflix.

00:16I mean, ugh.

00:17The streamer has renewed breakout hits Sex Education

00:19for a second season of eight episodes.

00:22Otis Milburn is a love-making mastermind.

00:26That's why his helmet's so big.

00:28It's full of secrets.

00:29Production on the sophomore run of the UK dramedy will resume in the spring

00:33with the entire cast, including stars Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield,

00:36returning to reprise their roles.

00:39Creator Laurie Nunn will return as showrunner.

00:41The renewal comes after Netflix in a rare move revealed that 40 million households

00:46watched Sex Education within the first four weeks of its release.

00:49It's unclear if that figure represents sampling of the episodes

00:52or completion of all eight episodes, as the streamer remains coy about releasing

00:56what little viewership data it does share.

00:58According to VP of originals at Netflix, Indie Holland, Laurie Nunn has captured the

01:02awkward teenage experience with a lot of heart and humor in Sex Education.

01:07Along with The Eleven Team and executive producer and director Ben Taylor, she's created a

01:11universally relatable series that has resonated with our members around the world.

01:16The series remains a critical favorite with a 91 percent rating among critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

01:22For her part, Nunn says,

01:23The reception to season one has been so exciting. Seeing how people across the world have

01:28connected to characters that began as ideas in my head is incredible. I'm hugely grateful

01:33to every person that has taken the time to watch the series and I can't wait to continue this

01:38amazing journey.

01:39I'm addicted to wanking.

01:41My pubes are out of control.

01:42I wish I could be a normal kid with a normal dad, with a normal dick.

01:46To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Linz Rodriguez.

01:51I'm Linz Rodriguez.